2024 - The 3 best sunscreens from 60 million consumers

Whether you are at the stage of the first purchase of sunscreen or you are already looking for a second tube to end the vacation, the difficulty remains the same. Between the various and varied indices, the textures and the promises in terms of formulation and environmental protection, it becomes difficult to make our choice. Focus on 3 sunscreens that have it all!

Indispensable to protect our skin as soon as the sun caresses it with its soft rays, sunscreen is ultimately the headache purchase of the holidays. Between the specific needs of the different skin types within the family, the preferences of each with regard to the galenic (sensory oil, quickly absorbed milk, nourishing cream) or the packaging of the product (ultra practical spray, generous tube …), the expectation of efficiency in terms of protection and the ever more pressing desire to protect the environment by opting for a product that has less impact: finding the ideal sunscreen is often a challenge. Don’t panic if the time is right for you to buy your summer sun protection, the magazine 60 million consumers, a true reference in terms of analysis and classification of cosmetic products, was interested in these sun protections which combine high protection and ecology in its July 2021 issue entitled The top of sunscreens. The opportunity for you to discover three who keep their promises and do the job correctly.

The magazine’s selection criteria

In order to conduct its investigation, the magazine team 60 million consumers decided to sift through a selection of sun protection products that immediately meet two criteria. To find the best sunscreen of the moment, it has, in fact, endeavored to select sunscreens with, on the one hand, a high to very high protection index (that is to say located between SPF50 and SPF50 + and capable of sufficiently protecting all skin types), on the other hand to analyze sun care products that claim to protect marine life, in order to allow you to reconcile your convictions in terms of ecology and your needs in terms of protection.

If after laboratory tests, the conclusion is that the majority of sunscreens evaluated pass with flying colors the examination of their UVB protection (“Almost all of the products in the trial show UVB filtration that matches their claim. Most even exceed it.” precise 60 million consumers)However, it becomes more difficult when it comes to ensuring good protection against UVA rays. A criterion which notably made it possible to eliminate some of them in passing.

But to really decide between the fifteen sunscreen treatments chosen to be tested, the magazine team was interested not only in their effectiveness and the environmental promises claimed by the brands, but also in their composition (by submitting them to its Cosméto ‘score), their effects on the epidermis, and their instructions for use which are just as important as the care itself because the effectiveness of a sun product depends greatly on how it is used. If the magazine recognizes that “Many (sun care products) are penalized because they have many ingredients whose risks, even moderate, are cumulative: irritants, sensitizers, allergens, perfumes…”, he was still able to find three sunscreens that are doing their best and stand out as safe values.

And the three best sunscreens are …

Among all the treatments tested and analyzed, one of them passes brilliantly between the meshes of these multiple evaluation criteria. This is the Waterlover Sun Milk SPF 50 sun lotion from the Biotherm brand.